Container for jewels



y 2, 1968 G. BECUCCI 3,390,809

CONTAINER FOR JEWELS Filed on. 21, 1965 GiOR i0 Bccucci INVENTOR.

United States Patent 3,390,809 CONTAINER FOR JEWELS Giorgio Becucci, ViaDel Borgo 2, Bologna, Italy Filed Oct. 21, 1965, Ser. No. 506,143 Claimspriority, application Italy, Feb. 6, 1965, Patent 109,383 3 Claims. (Cl.220-60) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE The present invention relates to aboxlike container for jewels having on the inner edges of the twoshell-like portions, projections suitable for substantially mechanicallyretaining a lining or covering.

It is known that the containers in which jewels and the like aremarketed consist of a stiff box generally of plastic material inside theshell-like portions of which, forming the container and the lidrespectively linings or at any rate a material (generally cardboardcovered with satin or velvet) of a certain superficial softness areinserted so as to provide a receptacle capable of avoiding every or anyscratch on the elements placed therein and such as to form anaesthetically valuable unit.

The securing of the lining in jewel boxes at present is usuallyperformed by means of adhesives but it is evident that in this way thereare many and remarkable inconveniences, among which the principal are: anot very secure coupling due to the fact that between the two elementsthere often exist tensions sufficient to cause them to separate aftersome time, possibility of damaging, during the assembling of the innerlining the latter with adhesive, slowness in the affecting of theaforesaid coupling since it has to be done almost entirely by hand.

The object of the present invention is to carry out a box suitable forinternally receiving a lining and adapted to eliminate, due to itsstructure, the aforesaid inconveniencies.

More particularly an object is that of providing a box such that theinner lining can be stably secured in an essentially mechanical way sothat soiling or at any rate damaging of the lining itself cannot occur.

A very important object is that of providing a container such that inrelation to the engagement type of its inner lining, the edges of thelatter do not remain visible, it being thus possible to avoid each andevery finishing operation of such edges of the kind for exampleconsisting of folding back on the rear side of the edges support thematerial forming the visible surface of the lining, thus making possiblethe assembling of the lining itself such as it is when it comes from thelining cutting step.

These and other objects are attained by the container, according to thepresent invention, which is characterized in that it has in at least oneof the couple shell-like portions forming the unit and at the edgesthereof projections capable of providing an undercut adapted to retainan inner lining, the latter being of essentially stiff nature.

Further characteristics and advantages will better appear from adetailed description of a box according to the invention illustrated byway of an example in the accompanying drawing in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a box;

FIG. 2 is a section of the box showing the engagement that is madebetween the box itself and the inner lining.

Referring to the above figures in which the same elements are alwaysindicated by the same reference numerals, a box is shown substantiallyconsisting of a boxlike member 2 and of a lid member 1 of a materialwhich is rather resilient and elastic. A web portion is shown at 3 whichis substantially a continuation of the material of lid 1 extendingwithout solution of continuity and with a reduced thickness to themember 2.

In the members 1 and 2 all around the edges 1a and 2a thereof, ridges 7and 8 are provided which project towards the inside and define on eachof said members recesses 9 and 10, respectively, designed to be engagedby the edges of inner linings 11 and 12.

On the boxlike member forming the bottom of the container a front notch4 is provided on which there is a trip 5 adapted to engage with a notch6 of the lid member 1, thus insuring the locking of the whole.

The opening of the container is performed by pressing the front side ofthe members 1 and 2 towards the inside thereof.

Thus, due to the resilient properties of the material of which thecontainer is made, the trip 5 will release from the notch 6. The webportion 3, which in the closed condition of the container was keptfolded up and under tensive stress to cooperate with the locking means,will rise the lid member 1 to the open condition.

The mounting of the lining is very easy.

The linings 11 and 12 are placed inside the two members 1 and 2, thenthe same are pressed so as to effect sufficient deformation to allowsaid elements to be introduced through the restricted section formed bythe marginal ridges of the members 1 and 2 themselves. Once saidrestricted section is passed, said elements elastically return to normalsize, and there peripheral edges remain permanently engaged with recess9 and 10.

I claim:

1. A container comprising a likelike bottom member, a lid member forsaid boxlike member, a web portion at a length of the outer edges ofsaid boxlike member and said lid member, said boxlike member and saidlid member each having an internal peripheral ridge defining aperipheral recess, an inner lining of substantially stiff material ineach of said boxlike and lid members and engaged in said peripheralrecess, and locking means on the side opposite the side where said webportion is provided.

2. A container according to claim 1, wherein said web portion consistsof a strip of an elastic and resilient ma terial cooperating with saidlocking means.

3. A container according to claim 1 wherein said locking means consistsof a notch projecting from the edge of said lid member and adapted toengage with a trip member provided on said boxlike member.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS l/ 1952 Whitelaw 206 4/1964Burman 220-63 X

